Pronatalism – the belief that low birth rates are a problem that must be reversed – is having a moment in the U.S. As birth rates decline in the U.S. and throughout the world, voices from Silicon Valley to the White House are raising concerns about what they say could be the calamitous effects of steep population decline on the …
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Supermassive black holes represent one of the biggest head-scratchers in the Universe. These behemoths weighing millions to tens of billions of Suns lurk at the center of just about every galaxy – the gravitational heart around which stars and planets and clouds of shimmering gas whirl in an intricate dance. What we don’t know is how these giants are born. …
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Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, I’m in a relatively new relationship after getting divorced from my partner of 20 years. While our relationship is new-ish (eight months) we’ve known each other for 30 years. My ex-husband and I don’t have children, and I never really …
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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A birth control pill designed to block sperm production does so without the use of hormones. It’s now in early clinical trials. | Credit: Wavebreakmedia via Getty Images An experimental, hormone-free male birth control pill has just passed its first safety test in …
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An experimental, hormone-free male birth control pill has just passed its first safety test in humans. The trial included 16 people and was only intended to test whether the drug reached adequate levels in the body, as well as whether it triggered any serious side effects, such as concerning changes in heart rate, hormone function, inflammation, mood or sexual function. …
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Astronomers caught a star system at the moment when solid grains began to form planets. This snapshot reveals how planets first start to form, just as Earth once did. The infant star HOPS-315 sits about 1,300 light-years, roughly 7.6 quadrillion miles, away in the constellation Orion. Around it whirls a disc of gas and dust where heat is high enough …
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Astronomers have witnessed the birth of a planetary system that could one day resemble the solar system. The discovery offers scientists a proxy to study how our home planetary system formed around the sun around 4.6 billion years ago. The team was able to pinpoint the moment specks of material that will one day forge planets began to form around …
Read More »CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar system. It’s an unprecedented snapshot of “time zero,” scientists reported Wednesday, when new worlds begin to gel. “We’ve captured a direct glimpse of the hot region …
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IUDs have been a promising breakthrough in birth control, offering both convenience and effectiveness, and their use has exploded over the past few decades. But that progress has often come with some (painful) trade-offs. Vox senior reporter Allie Volpe has been digging into why medicine has been slow to catch up to the pain that IUD insertions can cause and …
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Olivia Culpo & Christian McCaffrey We’re A-List Parents!!! Published July 13, 2025 12:14 PM PDT Olivia Culpo and Christian McCaffrey are officially parents — the couple just welcomed a baby girl into the world! The former Miss Universe made the exciting announcement in an IG post on Sunday, sharing a close-up photo of their new bundle of joy. Waiting for …
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